Piece of Cake Potholder - NEW Crochet pdf Pattern

Today I listed a new pattern in my shops:


Cute, whimsical, and quick to make :) Here's more pattern details:

Who doesn't love cake?! This cute and whimsical potholder is a really fun project and quick to crochet. You'll need 100% cotton yarn and sizes G and F hooks to complete this intermediate pattern. The finished size of your potholder will be 6.5 inches (19 cm) wide by 6 inches (15.2 cm) tall.

This pattern includes complete instructions and color photos in a pdf file. My patterns also include a Helps & Hints section to explain and show (with photographs) techniques and steps that may be unfamiliar to you. Also included are explanations of special stitches and a list of abbreviations used in the pattern.

This would make a great gift for birthdays or any celebration. Choose different yarn colors for different “flavors”. The potholder is reversible so you can “decorate” the frosting to suit your “tastes”. They also look cute displayed in a kitchen and make a fun and useful gift!

You can purchase this pattern by clicking on the Pattern Downloads button, or visit my:

Ravelry Pattern shop (also instant downloads upon payment)

RedBerryCrochet Etsy Shop

redberrycrochet.ecrater.com

Thanks for visiting, and please check back for more new pattern updates!

Piece of Cake - A Self Imposed Deadline

Piece of Cake Potholder
Back on a November 2 blog post I challenged myself to a deadline of December 8th (today, he, he) to create a new design. I decided then that I wanted to make a new potholder, and at not quite the 11th hour, I've finished it :)



I'm really happy with the way it turned out, and I love that it is reversible and looks great on both sides. I will be sending out the pattern to be tested and I am working on getting a pdf file together.

Self imposed deadlines are a really great idea for me, and I was really inspired!

Stay tuned for the pattern listing announcement, and also a new challenge (self imposed of course!) Now I want to eat some cake - nom, nom, nom . . .

Etsyversary! RedBerryCrochet

Today is my Etsyversary! Two years ago I signed up on Etsy to become a seller. With my crochet hook in one hand and high hopes in the other I set about adding some items to my shop. If you list it they will come - right? So wrong! I was busy with another selling site at the time and didn’t devote much to my new shop. And it showed. From July through December of 2006 I had 3 sales.

Fortunately, I decided to get serious about Etsy around March of 2007 (I’m a slow learner) and sales picked up. My highest month so far has been December of 2007 with 24 sales. While I certainly don’t break any Etsy records, I am happy with my sales record and I can only hope that my monthly sales averages increase.

There are always tons of thread posts on Etsy for newbie shop owners and they offer sound selling advice, so I won’t repeat those words of wisdom here (except to list/relist regularly). But what I can tell you is to think positive, relax, create what you love, and to love what you make. There’s someone out there in cyberland who will love it too!

‘Nough said, time to celebrate with some cake :)

Miniature Six Layered Chocolate Cake from PetitPlat